Kaiser Poll: Half of Americans Report Personal Tie to Medicaid

By

Katherine Hobson

May 25, 2011 9:48 am ET

Kaiser’s latest health tracking poll focuses on Medicaid — and some of its findings may surprise you. About half (51%) of the 1,203 adults surveyed report a personal connection with the federal-state insurance program for low-income Americans, defined as receiving benefits themselves or having a friend or family member who has done so.

Digging into who actually receives Medicaid explains how so many Americans have had a brush with the program …